Say goodbye to needle-stick injuries
An everyday task for most busy veterinary practices is loading syringes with saline or other IV fluids to enable flushing of IV lines and cannulas.
Traditionally, this has involved accessing a spare fluid bag with an 18G needle and syringe. If you commonly do the same, do any of these issues sound familiar?
- The rubber port on the fluid bag starts to leak and drop fluid from multiple punctures
- In a hurry, you accidently pierce right through the bag (or into your finger!)
- The drawn fluid has air bubbles that need to be coalesced and expelled
- It is tiresome and slow to load multiple syringes
Our nifty GVP Transfer Spike is the needle-free solution to all these problems. With a spike at one end, it inserts into the same port as you would normally place the IV administration set. Then, simply attach any luer-tip syringe directly to the blue port.
Staying there for the life of the bag, this handy device allows you to quicky, easily and safely load a flushing syringe. You’ll reduce sharps usage and avoid needle-stick injuries. You will also find the syringes load quickly with minimal bubbles, saving time. And no more dripping bags!
Remember to use good aseptic technique – by swabbing the port before use and responsibly disposing of the bag and device once the bag is consumed, or within one week.
And finally, as with all needle-free accessories – make sure you inform any of your team members who are unfamiliar, never to insert a needle into the blue port.